Living Sacrifice
Fr. Christopher Mahar offers Catholic homilies that focus on the Gospel, the teachings of Sacred Scripture and the Catholic Church. How do I grow in my Catholic faith? How do I learn more about Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God? the Bible and the Sacred Liturgy provide answers to our questions about God, faith, life, death, heaven and hell. Why do we suffer? Where is God in our lives? How do I grow in prayer? God has answers to the questions that matter most!
Episodes
160 episodes
Necessity and Contingency
This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, God who reveals Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the history of our salvation is identical with the way and the mea...
Pentecost: Which Outpouring?
This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We see this outpouring in the Acts of the Apostles, in St. John's Gospel, and in a multitude of remarkable ways in the New Testament and in the...
Eternal Life
Jesus reveals to us, in the Gospel of St. John, what eternal life consist of: "Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ."
God with us, God in Us
God, in an amazing way, dwells among His people in the person of Jesus Christ. His Apostles and disciples listened to His voice and were strengthened and encouraged by Him in a deeply personal way. When He ascends to the Father, He ...
Heaven's Dwelling Place
Jesus goes to the Father's house, heaven, to prepare a place for us. It is He who is "the way, the truth and the life" (John 14:6), who even now gives us new life in Baptism and the Eucharist. God dwells among us even now, and prepa...
New Horizons
The risen Christ, in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, opens the Scriptures to us and reveals Himself in the breaking of the bread. May the encounter with Christ in the Mass open for us a "new horizon" and a move us on to a "decisive direct...
Divine Mercy's Source
Divine Mercy comes to us through the wounds of Christ, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Jesus appears to the disciples in the Upper Room and entrusts them with this ministry of mercy when He gives the Apostles the power...
The Eighth Day
Christ rises from the dead on the "first day of the week" or the "eighth day." God writes a whole new beginning into the story of humanity and invites us to enter into the death and resurrection of Christ through Baptism.
Passion for Life
Christ dies in the Passion as a culmination of a life entirely poured out in love for the salvation of the world. He teaches us, in His gift of Himself in the Eucharist at the Last Supper, in His surrender to the will of the Father in Get...
Life in Christ
In Baptism, Jesus raises to new life all who believe in Him and gives us new and everlasting life. He establishes a friendship in which we can believe and trust in Him, spend intimate time with Him and share in union with Him the in the B...
Gateway to Life
Baptism is the gateway to life in the Holy Spirit, the door through which we enter to encounter the sacramental life and all that God has in store for us. The healing of the man born blind is an image for us, anointed and washed, and grow...
Marriage and the Well
Jesus encounters the woman at the well, seeking her and the Samaritans. He unites us to Himself and calls us to fulfill our responsibilities as His Bride, the Church. He gives us His body and blood to united Himself to us, now and i...
The Word Transfigured
The Father speaks to us in Sacred Scripture, announcing "The is my beloved Son, in who I am well pleased; listen to Him". We can listen to the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, in our suffering, in silence and in His sacrifice.
Transgression and Gift
Through the transgression of the Divine Law, Adam and Eve brought sin and death into the world. Through His gracious act of love, Jesus has brought life and salvation to us. This Lent we seek to allow Christ to live and move in us a...
Hearts on Fire
Over 1,000 times in Sacred Scripture, the heart is named as the place of encounter between God and humanity. Christ desires to change our hearts and to prepare them for that encounter with Him that will enable us to live the Christian lif...
Salt and Light
The Church is called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world, preserving the culture from corruption and illumining God's plan for all humanity. Jesus challenges us this weekend, because "a city on a mountain cannot be hidd...
Blessed Perspective
God sees our suffering and looks upon us with great compassion. But He sees much more than just suffering; He sees the blessed life that we are being called to and already gives us a share in that beatitude, right here, right now. ...
Paradox of the Lamb
Jesus, the Lamb of God, offers Himself as a sacrifice of love on the altar of the cross. Uniting ourselves to His sacrifice in the Eucharist, we can make an offering of ourselves as a sacrifice to God.
Baptism of the Lord
Christ came to "save his people from their sins" (MT 1:21). In the Baptism of the Lord, He teaches us how He will accomplish that salvation. Christ descends in to our humanity and raises us up to new and everlasting life. &...
Epiphany's Light
The Light of Christ which illumines all Israel now shines out to all the nations, represented by the three Magi. We are called to follow the star and arrive at the place they did, adoring our Lord and being totally transformed by Him.
The Holy Family
St. Joseph teaches us the virtues of family life. He is attentive to the voice of God, even in his sleep; he promptly obeys what God reveals; he tenderly and devoutly cares for the child Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary. We seek to...
A Walk Through Bethlehem
God invites us to walk through Bethlehem, the "House of Bread," to see the Child born in the Manger and to feed on Christ His Son in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Angels in Advent
The closer we come to the mystery of the Incarnation, when heaven comes down on the earth in a new and amazing way, the more we see the activity of the angels in the Scriptures and in the Liturgy. The angels teach us how to worship God, h...
